Currently Reading: 4/19/21

The Ivies by Alexa DonneI think I'll check this out next. I could use something a little lighter than what I've been reading and this should be perfect, even if it does involve the cutthroat world of Ivy League admissions! Early ratings are pretty good and I (tentatively) have a good feeling about this one.... Continue Reading →

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn – Review

Published: September 15, 2020 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Series: Legendborn #1 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 501 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems... Continue Reading →

Lore by Alexandra Bracken – Review

  Published: January 5, 2021 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Series: Standalone Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 480 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5.5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love and... Continue Reading →

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw – Review

Published: November 5, 2019 Publisher: Simon Pulse Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Pages: 323 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: From New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep comes a haunting romance perfect for fans of Practical Magic, where dark fairy tales and enchanted folklore collide after a boy, believed to be missing, emerges from the magical woods—and falls... Continue Reading →

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman – Review

Published: January 9, 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Series: Arc of a Scythe #2 Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian Pages: 504 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Rowan has gone rogue, and has taken it upon himself to put the Scythedom through a trial by fire. Literally. In the year since Winter Conclave,... Continue Reading →

Scythe by Neal Shusterman – Review

Published: November 22, 2016 Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Series: Arc of a Scythe #1 Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian Pages: 435 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5/0/5.0 Synopsis: Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now... Continue Reading →

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